Christmas
圣诞节
In December, Christmas comes.
十二月，圣诞节来了。
We get a holiday from school, and our parents get a few days off from work.
我们学校放假了，我们的父母也放假几天。
Our family gets ready for Christmas by decorating the house.
我们一家人装饰房子为圣诞节做准备。
We decorate inside and out.
我们对内外进行装饰。
On the outside of the house we put up lights that twinkle and glow.
我们在屋外挂上了闪闪发光的灯。
We have a wooden Santa Claus and reindeer set that my father puts up on the roof.
我们有一个木制的圣诞老人和驯鹿套件，我父亲把它放在屋顶上。
Inside, we put up a Christmas tree.
在里面，我们竖起了一棵圣诞树。
Some years we have a real tree.
某些年我们有一棵真正的树。
Real pine trees smell nice, but you have to be careful that they don’t dry out and start a fire.
真正的松树闻起来很香，但你必须小心它们不会变干并起火。
This year we have an artificial tree.
今年我们有一棵人造树。
We hang tinsel and ornaments on the tree.
我们把金属丝和装饰品挂在树上。
We also hang strands of lights on the tree and put a star at the top.
我们还把几束灯挂在树上，并在树顶放一颗星星。
Everyone thinks that the tree is beautiful when we turn on the lights.
当我们开灯时，每个人都觉得这棵树很漂亮。
We place gifts under the tree.
我们把礼物放在树下。
There is a gift for me under the tree.
树下有给我的礼物。
It is wrapped in red paper, and it has a big green bow on it.
它用红纸包着，上面有一个大大的绿色蝴蝶结。
Red and green are the Christmas colors.
红色和绿色是圣诞节的颜色。
On Christmas Eve, my brother and sister and I will hang our stockings near the fireplace.
在平安夜，我和哥哥姐姐会把长袜挂在壁炉旁。
Santa Claus comes down the chimney and fills our stockings full of toys and goodies.
圣诞老人从烟囱下来，把我们的袜子装满了玩具和糖果。
On Christmas morning, it is exciting to see what Santa has left for you.
在圣诞节的早上，看到圣诞老人给你留下的礼物，真是令人兴奋。
My mother will make a big turkey dinner for us on Christmas day.
我妈妈会在圣诞节为我们做一顿丰盛的火鸡大餐。
We will have lots of vegetables and good tasting foods to go with the turkey.
我们将有很多蔬菜和美味的食物来配火鸡。
We will have dessert too.
我们也要甜点。
Some of my family like Christmas pudding, but I will just have ice cream.
我的一些家人喜欢吃圣诞布丁，但我只吃冰淇淋。
Last year some carolers came to the door.
去年，一些唱颂歌的人来到门口。
It was snowing outside.
外面在下雪。
They stood in the snow and sang Christmas carols to us.
他们站在雪地里为我们唱圣诞颂歌。
My father gave them some money, and my mother gave them some hot chocolate to warm them up.
我父亲给了他们一些钱，我母亲给了他们一些热巧克力来取暖。
They had lovely voices, and they sang some of my favorite carols.
他们的嗓音很好，唱了一些我最喜欢的颂歌。
We also collect food, gifts and money for some of the people in town who cannot afford to have Christmas.
我们还为镇上一些买不起圣诞节礼物的人收集食物、礼物和钱。
My family is collecting things for a poor family who live near here.
我们家为住在附近的一个贫困家庭收集东西。
We had fun deciding which toys to buy for the children in that family.
我们很高兴地决定给那个家庭的孩子们买什么玩具。
It is a good feeling to share with people who do not have as much as you do.
与那些没有你那么富有的人分享是一种很好的感觉。
My parents have always taught us that Christmas is a time for giving, not receiving.
我父母总是告诉我们圣诞节是给予而不是接受的时候。
I think they’re right.
我认为他们是对的。
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